* Aamot Innovation <o...@oka.no> [2025-07-17 23:36]: > You're right that/"Sharing and contributing are different things"/— and this > exchange highlights a core tension in discussions about Free Software and > economics. Let’s walk through the points you raise and respond directly in > plain text: > > /"Why would you protest in a family-run company? Either you are with > them, or not with them. Simple."/ > > This might be/pragmatic/, but it oversimplifies the reality many workers > face. When someone works at a company for nearly a decade, as I did, and > contributes deeply, they may feel a moral stake in the company, even if > they’re not family. Protesting unfairness isn’t necessarily disloyalty — it > can also be a call to improve the workplace.
People in general work by agreement. The story above seems to be beyond the scope of the agreement, so if you worked for the family but in your heart you imagined something else than them, and have not communicated and have not reach agreement, then no wonder you will get disappointments, because in your mind you contributed deeply, it wasn't appreciated how you were thinking. If you are not asked to contribute deeply and there was no agreement to award you according to your expectations, just take responsibility and move on. Next time do proper agreement, talk loud. > /"Offer services and products of good value to other people and you > will get money."/ > > True in principle. But some Free Software contributors don’t want to sell, > brand, or commercialize — they just want to build something good. There > should be space for both. There we are again, many don't need any money in return, nothing to complain. There is no need to generalize, every case is individual. -- Jean Louis _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
